Sheep — Stocks in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sheep — Stocks was 357.61 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Stocks in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 357.61 million An for sheep — stocks in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 357.61 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 89.50 million An, in 1961.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 4th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep — Stocks in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 89.50 million An | — |
| 1962 | 91.06 million An | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 93.93 million An | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 97.26 million An | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 100.45 million An | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 104.27 million An | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 106.81 million An | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 109.86 million An | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 110.38 million An | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 111.91 million An | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 111.19 million An | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 101.60 million An | -8.6% |
| 1973 | 105.18 million An | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 106.28 million An | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 111.46 million An | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 113.61 million An | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 117.83 million An | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 120.21 million An | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 121.80 million An | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 125.94 million An | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 131.44 million An | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 134.11 million An | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 133.98 million An | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 129.42 million An | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 128.51 million An | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 126.74 million An | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 131.40 million An | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 139.88 million An | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 144.63 million An | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 145.51 million An | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 145.68 million An | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 168.09 million An | +15.4% |
| 1993 | 158.00 million An | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 166.21 million An | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 165.76 million An | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 169.69 million An | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 175.28 million An | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 183.35 million An | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 189.34 million An | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 188.29 million An | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 188.92 million An | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 193.34 million An | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 199.72 million An | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 210.68 million An | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 219.70 million An | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 222.91 million An | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 237.30 million An | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 240.93 million An | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 246.79 million An | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 249.75 million An | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 259.55 million An | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 267.07 million An | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 274.88 million An | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 283.21 million An | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 282.59 million An | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 292.12 million An | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 299.21 million An | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 305.77 million An | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 328.32 million An | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 337.09 million An | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 341.94 million An | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 344.69 million An | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 352.16 million An | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 357.61 million An | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100.39 million An | 89.50 million An | 110.38 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 112.11 million An | 101.60 million An | 121.80 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 132.61 million An | 125.94 million An | 144.63 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 166.69 million An | 145.51 million An | 189.34 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 214.86 million An | 188.29 million An | 246.79 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 284.25 million An | 249.75 million An | 328.32 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 346.70 million An | 337.09 million An | 357.61 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 1 China 182.94 million An compare
- 2 China, mainland 182.94 million An compare
- 3 USSR 132.95 million An compare
- 4 India 114.62 million An compare
- 5 Türkiye 44.08 million An compare
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 102.91 million An compare
- 6 Australia 79.33 million An compare
- 7 Sudan (former) 52.64 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 6.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 6.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 5.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 7.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1463 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Sheep — stocks in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 357.61 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 357.61 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.50 million An in 1961.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for sheep — stocks?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.